FAQ

A: No, you OWN the store and all the data. It sits on a hosted service that you sign up for personally. This is not a mall. It offers a completely independent store, own domain, own data, own code.

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Q: Can I customize OpenBitcoinStore?

A: Yes. Yes, completely, it is WordPress and owned and controlled by you. There are thousands of plugins and themes and if you like and have the skills, you can change the code too.

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Q: Can I host this on another service, another hosting site, another cloud?

A: Yes, pretty much any service that supports WordPress hosting will support OpenBitcoinStore hosting (same thing). That’s almost every hosting service in the world: VPS services, Amazon cloud, heroku

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Q: Can I put this on my own server?

A: Yes, you can host on any most any WordPress compatible server (LAMP or similar application stack)

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Q: Can I use my own domain?

A: Yes, of course. You own the server, and can point whatever domain you want. We can help.

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Q: Does OpenBitcoinStore support PayPal

A: Yes

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Q: Does OpenBitcoinStore support credit cards through a merchant account

A: Yes

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Q: Does OpenBitcoinStore support multiple currencies

A: Yes, hundreds

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Q: Does it handle intangible products

A: Yes, both downloadable and intangible

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Q: Does OpenBitcoinStore support shipping charges

A: Yes, the stores have shipping modules, up to complex multi-shipper, global shipping with weight and fixed rates

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Q: Does OpenBitcoinStore support sales tax

A: Yes, origin, destination or both.

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Q: How is OpenBitcoinStore free?

A: The code is open source, the hosting can be free for small sites via Heroku or AWS t1.micro. We support the human effort through donations, so please Donate

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Q: Is there a transaction fee?

A: No, you run and manage the store. If Bitpay charges you a fee, that’s between you and them. If you host it somewhere you have to pay, that’s you. But OpenBitcoinStore is just code, no hosting, no fees. It really is free

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Q: Can I use OpenBitcoinStore without BitPay.

A: Yes, but it requires a bit more customization. Since BitPay charges 1% only if you sell something, most of our store owners find it easier to use BitPay (they offer additional merchant services too)

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Q: How much will it cost to try out and find out if anyone is interested in buying my products

A: That’s the point: NOTHING. Try it for no risk or cost.

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Q: Why are you doing this?

A: Because I want to see bitcoin succeed for general commerce, not just drugs and illicit products

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Q: What is the licensing behind OpenBitcoinStore?

A: The underlying software is open source with a variety of open licenses. Any contributions from OpenBitcoinStore developers are MIT licensed. All content is CC-BY-SA. This is an open source project, with fully OSI compatible open licenses.